The Revised Estimates and actual collections of Direct Taxes for the last three years are as under:

Financial year	Revised Estimates	Direct Taxes collections
2012-13	5,65,835	5,58,658
2013-14	6,36,318	6,38,543
2014-15*	7,05,628	6,95,988

*provisional/unaudited 

            The percentage of contribution of direct taxes to the total Central Taxes (direct and indirect) is as under:

Financial year	Direct Taxes	Indirect Taxes	Total Central Taxes (direct and indirect)	Direct Taxes as % of Total Central Taxes
2012-13	5,58,658	4,74,482	10,33,140	54.07%
2013-14	6,38,543	4,97,061	11,35,604	56.22%
2014-15*	6,95,988	5,44,157	12,40,145	56.12%

*provisional/unaudited 

This was stated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State in Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

Direct taxes share: more than half of central tax revenues in consecutive years, indicating stronger direct tax collections. Direct tax receipts are reported for 2012-13, 2013-14 and provisional 2014-15 with revised estimates and actual collections provided; 2014-15 figures are provisional/unaudited. The release highlights that direct taxes comprised a majority share of total central taxes in each reported year and exceeded half of combined central tax revenues in 2013-14 and provisional 2014-15, as stated in a written reply by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.